Not a great deal of info at the moment but a 17 year old girl has plunged from Hydro at Wales's premier theme park, Oakwood.

The fall wasn't fatal but there was also a young boy involved who has been airlifted to hospital.

This is the same type of ride from which a fat American fell and died, leading to the installation of a convoluted harness system on that ride (Perilous Plunge), a safety feature that is missing from Oakwood's version I believe.

The overhead restraints are missing from Hydro... Call me insensitive, but I kind of wonder how this accident can happen. I really, really hope it's not some fault of the ride-ops or the actual ride restraint system...

It is very bad news, my thoughts go out to the family of the people concerned.

If you have any info on the safety of this ride, or how rides simular to it have suffered simular incidents and needed improving it might be a good idea to send the info both to Oakwood,Oakwood,Canaston BridgeNarberthPembrokeshireSA67 8DE

Yup, I'm certain they knew full well about the incident on Perilous Plunge, but the blame was not laid at the feet of the ride. The park installed the additional restraints as a show of regret for the incident and a commitment to safety; they weren't obliged to install them.

Now that may not be the case in this instance as it certainly sounds like a very different set of circumstances, but providing information that they will no doubt already be well aware of will only muddy the waters IMO.

Someone has been injured, how much we dont yet know.either way there may, or may not have been a crime commited.

The info you send will help the police, and the park, decide if a crime has been commited or not.

I must stress that people dont fall out of rides as a matter of course and apart from the odd occasion when an individual has tampered with the safety mechanism it is always someones fault.

Your info could help pinpoint "correctly" who's fault it is.The chances are the police dont have anyone that knows who intermin are, or what "Perilous Plunge" is. Hell im only just beginning to find this stuff out myself.

Sad that accidents don't just happen any more. Someone always must be found to blame.

Besides which, I usually am of the opinion that anyone that falls from a ride usually deserves a good dose of whatever blame is dished out. I personally make sure bars are locked, belts clipped etc and make a fuss if they aren't.

Maybe this girl was just unlucky and was let down by a mechanical failiure.

(NOTE : Having re-read that last sentenc, I feel I should point out I didn't mean any kind of sick joke by using the phrase 'let down'.)

Although it will be a great loss to the family we cant rule out the fact that no one knows atm what happend. I am not being cold or hateful, i am looking at both sides of the story when I say this but, For all we know the girl could of been messing around and / or not of fastened the saftey bar into the correct position.

I do like to hear and speak about both sides of accidents as they are not always straight forward and all to often (like car accidents) the driver or in this case theme park get blamed!

Rant over!

*Breaking news there was a report on the local bbc midight news. Police are currently examining the ride and the park will be open as usual tomorrow*

Can all speculation about the terrible accident be kept to private conversations, and not posted on a public discussion forum. A young girl has lost her life, let us show our respect by not speculating and fueling rumours. Let the HSE, Oakwood and Intamin do their investigations. Anything enthusiasts say, does get through to the Media, and could esculate into rumours and unreliable concerns

Can all speculation about the terrible accident be kept to private conversations, and not posted on a public discussion forum. A young girl has lost her life, let us show our respect by not speculating and fueling rumours. Let the HSE, Oakwood and Intamin do their investigations. Anything enthusiasts say, does get through to the Media, and could esculate into rumours and unreliable concerns

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